| Literature DB >> 29135249 |
Aleksandar R Todorov1, Tom Wirtanen1, Juho Helaja1.
Abstract
Facile photoreductive protocols have been developed to remove benzyl O-protective groups from oxyarene N-heterocycles at positions capable for 2-/4-O-pyridine-2-/4-pyridone tautomerism. Blue light irradiation, a [Ru] or [Ir] photocatalyst, and ascorbic acid in a water-acetonitrile solution debenzylates a variety of aryl N-heterocycles cleanly and selectively. Ascorbic acid has two functions in the reaction. On the one hand, it protonates the N-heterocycles that reduces their reduction potentials notably and on the other hand it acts as a sacrificial reductant. Reduction potentials and free energy barriers calculated at the CPCM-B3LYP/6-31+G** level can predict the reactivities of the studied substrates.Entities:
Year: 2017 PMID: 29135249 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02775
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Org Chem ISSN: 0022-3263 Impact factor: 4.354